Chapter 774. To prevent delay in the promotion of officers of the Navy and Marine Corps
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CHAP. 774.— An Act To prevent delay in the promotion of officers of the Navy and Marine Corps.July 3, 1926.[[H. R. 3763](/us/bill/69/hr/3763).][[Public, No. 495](/us/pl/69/495).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Navy and Marine Corps.Officers not to be delayed promotion by a temporary excess in the grade or rank, due to failure to fill vacancy in a higher one. That hereafter the promotion of an officer of the Navy or Marine Corps shall not be delayed or barred because of a resulting temporary excess in the grade or rank to which promotion is due, caused by the delay for any reason of the promotion of an officer in that grade or rank to fill an existing vacancy in a higher grade or rank.
Approved, July 3, 1926.